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Registered AARRC Manager

Employer
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Location
Greenwich, London (Greater)
Salary
£55.017 - £58.242
Closing date
17 Jan 2022

Job Details

Royal Greenwich Children in Care and Care Leavers Service is an exciting place to work right now.  Join us as we create a new purpose designed residential-based service focussed on improving stability and outcomes for children and young people aged 11-17; and play an important role in shaping its development.  

This new service, called the Adolescent Assessment Residential and Resource Centre (the AARRC), will deliver a multi-disciplinary service to children and young people who are either in or at risk of entering the care system (and where appropriate to their families and their wider support network), where staff will:

  • Provide a Children’s Home for (up to 6) children and young people requiring multi-disciplinary assessments of needs, bridging placements or emergency accommodation.
  • Carry out rigorous assessments to reduce unplanned moves and improve placement stability for children and young people.
  • Provide multi-disciplinary and impactful services to improve outcomes for children and young people including therapeutic services and speech and language therapy which will contribute to better outcomes.
  • Ease the number of new care-entrants by providing ‘edge of care’ services and to address crises and reunify children and young people with their families where it is safe and in their best interests to do so.

The vision for the AARRC has been developed informed by organisational and sectoral learning as well as best practice from our existing outstanding Children’s Home including the voices of young people.

We are changing the way we work by developing a new practice model to ensure that we are best placed to deliver on the priorities for children and young people. 

We are now looking for a Registered Manager for the AARRC who will help develop this innovative new service, ensuring a first-class service delivering brilliant outcomes for children, young people and families.

You will be joining a genuinely values driven Children’s Services directorate which is rated ‘Good’ and with a strong and accessible leadership.

You will have experience of working with looked after children and young people with complex needs and the ability and successful experience of delivering high-quality and impactful services in a residential setting. You will have the confidence to lead a range of staff including (alongside a deputy manager) children’s home practitioners and clinicians; and have experience of managing a diverse team with a broad set of skills. You must be social work qualified with a Level 5 management accreditation (or willing to obtain this with us within six months).

If you feel you have the necessary skills, experience and creativity to join us at this exciting time, we would like to hear from you.

Please include a supporting statement with your application which clearly addresses how your skills, knowledge and experience demonstrate that you meet all aspects of the post, as indicated in the job description and person specification.

Royal Greenwich offers good remuneration and support including a generous holiday allowance; and a diverse and inclusive working environment.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact David Travis;    David.Travis@royalgreenwich.gov.uk     020 8921 6467  

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977

Safer recruitment: Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk. As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application. If you have a disability and are unable to meet some of the job requirements specifically because of your disability, please address this in your application. If you meet all the other criteria, you will be shortlisted and we will explore jointly with you if there are ways in which the job can be changed to enable you to meet the requirements.

Interview Arrangements: During this time, our priority for all of our recruitment activity is to make sure our applicants, hiring departments and new starters are informed, safe and supported. Careful and thorough consideration will be given to interview arrangements and for any essential in-person recruitment, we will ensure this is held in a suitable, secure setting with additional arrangements to ensure any current safety requirements are fully adhered to.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.

Full Covid Vaccine: On 22nd July 2021 parliament passed legislation to make it a legal requirement for people working in CQC registered care homes for residents of all ages to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, with both doses of the vaccine by 11th November 2021. Royal Greenwich is in the process of compiling a full list of roles that will require a vaccine so this can be applied across the board. This post has been identified as falling in scope of the new mandatory vaccination requirement. As part of the pre-employment checks for this role, successful candidates will be asked to provide proof of their full Covid vaccination. You can obtain this through the 'NHS Covid Pass. Please see the 'Government Website for further information of this if needed. Should you have a clinical exemption, please provide evidence of this by obtaining a letter from your GP or relevant medical professional.

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Why work for the Royal Borough of Greenwich?

The Royal Borough Of Greenwich supports equality and diversity in the workplace. The borough has a clear commitment to the LGBT community, mental health issues, race equality and disability.

Greenwich offers a diverse range of roles, from junior to senior positions, spanning service sectors from children’s services to engineering.

With the main council offices based in the heart of Woolwich, employees also benefit from an excellent transport links, while central London is just 20 minutes away.

Excellent benefits

  • Up to 31 days leave per year.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • Developing opportunities to maximise employee’s potential.
  • Annual season ticket loan.
  • Greenwich One Card which entitles employees to discounts at local businesses.

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